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Granted Patent B2
US 12,208,021 · App. 17/282,017 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Prosthesis extraction system

Inventors: Jamie Atkin (Sheffield, GB); Graeme Dutton (Burnley, GB); Gary Moore (Leeds, GB)
Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
A61F2/4603A61F2/4607A61F2002/4619A61F2002/4627A61F2002/4629
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Patent No.
US 12,208,021
App. No.
17/282,017
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surgical device ( 2 ) for extraction of a prosthetic component from a patient during surgery. The surgical device comprises a first component ( 8 ) having a female coupling portion at a first end, and a second end configured to be connected to one of a prosthetic component or a surgical extraction instrument. The first component further includes a retainer. The surgical device further comprises a second component ( 10 ) with a first end defining a male coupling portion, a stem ( 30, 130 ) extending from the male coupling portion, and a second end configured to be connected to the other of the prosthetic component or the surgical extraction instrument. The male coupling portion of the second component is configured to be disposed within the female coupling portion of the first component and retained within the female coupling portion by the retainer, with the stem of the second component extending away from the female coupling portion of the first component. The male coupling portion of the second component and the retainer of the first component are configured such that the male coupling portion is held in the female coupling portion while allowing articulation of the first component relative to the second component. The first and second components form an articulating joint allowing a user to connect the surgical extraction instrument to the prosthetic component in a patient, articulate a portion of the surgical extraction instrument which resides external from the operating site, and transfer extraction forces to enable removal of the prosthetic component from the patient.

Claims (16)

1. A surgical device for extraction of a prosthetic component from a patient during surgery, the surgical device comprising:

a first component having a female coupling portion at a first end, and a second end configured to be connected to one of a prosthetic component or a surgical extraction instrument, the first component further including a retainer; and

a second component having a first end defining a male coupling portion, a stem extending from the male coupling portion, and a second end configured to be connected to the other of the prosthetic component or the surgical extraction instrument,

wherein the male coupling portion of the second component is configured to be disposed within the female coupling portion of the first component and retained within the female coupling portion by the retainer with the stem of the second component extending away from the female coupling portion of the first component, the male coupling portion of the second component and the retainer of the first component being configured such that the male coupling portion is held in the female coupling portion while allowing articulation of the first component relative to the second component,

wherein the female coupling portion is a socket and the male coupling portion is a ball portion which is configured to be disposed within the socket, the socket having a closed end and an open end, and the retainer of the first component being a neck portion of the socket disposed between the closed end and the open end of the socket and defining a narrow internal width compared to a width of the closed end of the socket, wherein the ball portion is configured to be disposed within the socket with the stem of the second component extending through the neck portion and out through the open end of the socket, the ball portion having a width which is larger than the width of the neck portion such that the ball portion is held in the closed end of the socket and prevented from passing out through the neck portion and open end of the socket while allowing relative articulation of the ball portion and socket, the ball portion and socket thus forming a ball and socket joint,

the first and second components forming an articulating joint allowing a user to connect the surgical extraction instrument to the prosthetic component in a patient, articulate a portion of the surgical extraction instrument which resides external from the operating site, and transfer extraction forces to enable removal of the prosthetic component from the patient.

2. The surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first component and the second component further comprises a driver component for driving attachment of the said component to the prosthetic component.

3. The surgical device according to claim 2 , wherein the driver component includes a drive connector disposed on the second component between the stem and the second end, the drive connector defining a surface for gripping and rotating the second component to attach and release the second component from the prosthetic component.

4. The surgical device according to claim 3 , wherein the drive connector on the second component is a hex connector.

5. The surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the first component and the second component is permanently attached to the surgical extraction instrument.

6. The surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first component is configured to be attached to the surgical extraction instrument and the second component is configured to be attached to the prosthetic component.

7. The surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the socket comprises an opening in a side wall thereof, the opening having a complementary shape to that of the ball portion to enable the ball portion to be coupled and uncoupled from the socket.

8. The surgical device according to claim 7 , wherein the opening in the side wall of the socket is located such that when applying extraction forces to enable removal of the prosthetic component from the patient in use, the ball portion cannot slide sideways out of the opening in the side wall.

9. The surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the ball portion of the second component further comprises a drive component for driving attachment of the second component to the prosthetic component.

10. The surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the ball portion comprises a cavity and the socket comprises a complementary projection, wherein the first component is configured to slide over the second component to engage the projection with the cavity to enable the components to be driven to connect the components to the prosthetic component in an attachment configuration, the first component being configured to slide back over the second component in an opposite direction to disengage the projection and cavity in an extraction configuration when transferring extraction forces to enable removal of the prosthetic component from the patient.

11. The surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein an end connector on the second end of the second component comprises a threaded connector with an unthreaded end portion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: ATKIN, JAMIE; DUTTON, GRAEME; MOORE, GARY
To: DEPUY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055793/0230 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: DEPUY INTERNATIONAL LTD
To: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055793/0294 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1816197 · Oct 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210353430A1 · Nov 18, 2021
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